Number 26

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,278 draws, 5 from 1–45.

244times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.61σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

67longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

26 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 2,278 draws against 253.1 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 26, draw by draw

Drawn 244 times in 2,278 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 67 · drawn in the most recent draw

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 26 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest9 · chance 7.0
2nd smallest43 · chance 43.5
3rd smallest87 · chance 92.2
4th smallest80 · chance 78.5
5th smallest25 · chance 22.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 45 3 16 24 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 26 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 26 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	7	3rd	2 6 26 34 45
2026-10-05	6	4th	3 9 15 26 39
2026-09-28	29	4th	2 13 16 26 39
2026-08-18	25	4th	4 10 13

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 26 is drawn with probability 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 26 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest9 · chance 7.0

2nd smallest43 · chance 43.5

3rd smallest87 · chance 92.2

4th smallest80 · chance 78.5

5th smallest25 · chance 22.7

How many people play it

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-12

3rd

2 6 26 34 45

2026-10-05

4th

3 9 15 26 39

2026-09-28

4th

2 13 16 26 39

2026-08-18

4th

4 10 13

2025-09-27	9	4th	8 18 20 26 35
2025-09-18	2	3rd	3 25 26 33 43
2025-09-16	6	3rd	4 17 26 33 42
2025-09-10	6	3rd	8 17 26 38 43
2025-09-04	10	3rd	6 11 26 32 39
2025-08-25	5	4th	1 3 17 26 44
2025-08-20	13	2nd	19 26 40 41 45
2025-08-07	19	3rd	11 20 26 32 39
2025-07-19	15	3rd	13 23 26 35 36
2025-07-04	4	3rd	15 22 26 36 37
2025-06-30	6	2nd	19 26 28 39 45
2025-06-24	3	4th	4 16 19 26 37
2025-06-21	23	4th	11 20 24 26 32
2025-05-29	11	1st	26 27 28 30 34
2025-05-18	34	2nd	15 26 30 34 42
2025-04-14	7	4th	12 20 22 26 45
2025-04-07	12	2nd	17 26 30 36 38
2025-03-26	7	3rd	16 19 26 31 45
2025-03-19	4	3rd	17 22 26 33 38
2025-03-15	1	2nd	21 26 29 37 45
2025-03-14	3	3rd	3 19 26 35 42
2025-03-11	10	4th	2 10 12 26 32
2025-03-01	8	4th	8 15 16 26 32
2025-02-21	3	4th	6 15 19 26 28
2025-02-18	5	3rd	2 24 26 32 45
2025-02-13	3	4th	2 7 24 26 31
2025-02-10	1	5th	3 7 11 25 26
2025-02-09	1	4th	4 8 25 26 32
2025-02-08	1	1st	26 32 35 36 44
2025-02-07	12	2nd	8 26 28 35 37
2025-01-26	13	4th	6 9 15 26 37
2025-01-13	4	5th	1 3 4 11 26
2025-01-09	12	1st	26 34 38 39 45
2024-12-28	3	4th	14 15 16 26 31
2024-12-24	7	4th	1 23 25 26 29
2024-12-17	2	3rd	5 25 26 33 44
2024-12-15	21	3rd	17 25 26 27 43
2024-11-24	6	4th	7 9 17 26 38
2024-11-18	22	1st	26 28 32 42 44
2024-10-27	4	2nd	14 26 36 39 42
2024-10-23	12	3rd	7 11 26 37 45
2024-10-11	4	3rd	8 16 26 30 39
2024-10-07	2	5th	3 7 10 24 26
2024-10-05	28	2nd	1 26 36 39 44
2024-09-07	31	5th	8 11 16 22 26
2024-08-07	7	3rd	3 17 26 27 41
2024-07-31	7	4th	7 22 23 26 35
2024-07-24	6	4th	7 14 20 26 45
2024-07-18	4	3rd	23 24 26 34 42
2024-07-14	17	5th	18 20 21 24 26
2024-06-27	10	3rd	13 21 26 29 43
2024-06-17	6	3rd	10 22 26 38 45
2024-06-11	16	5th	5 6 17 20 26
2024-05-26	13	3rd	1 12 26 35 36
2024-05-13	1	2nd	16 26 31 34 45
2024-05-12	8	4th	8 16 19 26 32
2024-05-04	9	4th	3 4 5 26 38
2024-04-25	3	4th	3 5 18 26 38
2024-04-22	8	2nd	16 26 33 40 42
2024-04-14	9	3rd	10 15 26 31 43
2024-04-05	2	3rd	10 17 26 29 34
2024-04-03	6	2nd	13 26 29 30 32
2024-03-28	4	4th	5 12 14 26 38
2024-03-24	2	4th	1 6 23 26 29
2024-03-22	9	3rd	4 21 26 37 41
2024-03-13	16	2nd	3 26 39 44 45
2024-02-26	6	4th	7 14 25 26 40
2024-02-20	9	4th	7 17 21 26 38
2024-02-11	2	4th	1 5 11 26 45
2024-02-09	32	3rd	15 25 26 28 37
2024-01-08	3	3rd	12 19 26 33 37
2024-01-05	6	3rd	8 10 26 27 37
2023-12-30	5	2nd	16 26 28 34 43
2023-12-24	4	3rd	5 12 26 31 41
2023-12-20	1	4th	6 11 14 26 42
2023-12-19	4	2nd	8 26 31 33 34
2023-12-15	8	2nd	24 26 29 30 41
2023-12-07	9	4th	10 15 16 26 37
2023-11-28	3	3rd	6 23 26 31 45
2023-11-25	1	4th	11 23 25 26 45
2023-11-24	13	2nd	10 26 31 39 43
2023-11-11	3	2nd	12 26 27 28 39
2023-11-08	3	2nd	21 26 36 39 45
2023-11-05	3	3rd	11 16 26 35 37
2023-11-02	1	3rd	21 25 26 35 44
2023-11-01	4	5th	8 9 22 23 26
2023-10-28	14	3rd	7 15 26 37 43
2023-10-14	5	3rd	22 23 26 35 40
2023-10-09	38	3rd	18 20 26 28 31
2023-09-01	1	4th	3 5 7 26 30
2023-08-31	3	3rd	2 12 26 32 35
2023-08-28	5	2nd	1 26 28 31 44
2023-08-23	9	3rd	5 10 26 27 36
2023-08-14	2	2nd	6 26 41 42 44
2023-08-12	21	2nd	21 26 36 41 45
2023-07-22	3	2nd	21 26 30 33 37
2023-07-19	12	4th	2 8 19 26 38
2023-07-07	4	4th	1 5 24 26 30
2023-07-03	15	2nd	24 26 33 37 41
2023-06-18	6	5th	2 8 24 25 26
2023-06-12	1	4th	1 10 24 26 36
2023-06-11	10	3rd	2 15 26 34 36
2023-06-01	11	4th	11 16 22 26 40
2023-05-21	1	4th	8 9 10 26 42
2023-05-20	3	4th	15 22 24 26 43
2023-05-17	1	3rd	22 24 26 32 34
2023-05-16	17	4th	10 18 21 26 45
2023-04-29	8	4th	7 17 23 26 27
2023-04-21	3	4th	3 19 25 26 41
2023-04-18	21	5th	4 8 12 20 26
2023-03-28	14	4th	11 19 21 26 37
2023-03-14	7	2nd	22 26 30 31 40
2023-03-07	6	4th	3 6 20 26 30
2023-03-01	23	4th	17 21 25 26 37
2023-02-06	30	2nd	16 26 28 33 41
2023-01-07	2	5th	4 14 17 19 26
2023-01-05	9	4th	1 10 17 26 39
2022-12-27	9	4th	6 8 20 26 32
2022-12-17	6	4th	5 16 19 26 39
2022-12-11	2	4th	9 13 22 26 38
2022-12-09	1	3rd	3 6 26 32 33
2022-12-08	10	3rd	11 20 26 35 37
2022-11-28	7	2nd	15 26 28 40 43
2022-11-21	17	4th	6 19 25 26 42
2022-11-04	2	3rd	16 19 26 35 40
2022-11-02	17	3rd	9 17 26 30 33
2022-10-16	8	5th	5 11 21 24 26
2022-10-08	1	5th	4 10 19 20 26
2022-10-07	19	1st	26 34 40 44 45
2022-09-18	4	5th	1 3 6 9 26
2022-09-14	1	3rd	14 18 26 43 44
2022-09-13	15	3rd	2 7 26 31 38
2022-08-29	2	4th	4 10 14 26 37
2022-08-27	3	2nd	2 26 28 29 36
2022-08-24	24	4th	2 9 15 26 28
2022-07-31	6	3rd	7 11 26 37 43
2022-07-25	10	3rd	3 16 26 39 42
2022-07-15	25	4th	3 15 24 26 33
2022-06-20	31	2nd	6 26 30 35 45
2022-05-20	18	2nd	14 26 29 43 44
2022-05-02	11	4th	5 7 20 26 40
2022-04-21	4	1st	26 28 34 37 41
2022-04-17	2	1st	26 27 28 40 42
2022-04-15	1	4th	8 10 20 26 34
2022-04-14	7	3rd	3 6 26 29 42
2022-04-07	2	4th	3 14 20 26 42
2022-04-05	5	5th	3 11 19 22 26
2022-03-31	1	3rd	17 22 26 30 42
2022-03-30	5	4th	9 11 24 26 38
2022-03-25	1	4th	4 9 18 26 35
2022-03-24	16	3rd	2 6 26 35 41
2022-03-08	1	5th	9 17 20 25 26
2022-03-07	3	2nd	12 26 28 36 41
2022-03-04	2	3rd	2 22 26 37 41
2022-03-02	14	3rd	13 20 26 33 34
2022-02-16	3	3rd	5 8 26 29 30
2022-02-13	1	4th	11 12 18 26 44
2022-02-12	8	3rd	8 15 26 28 30
2022-02-04	1	4th	7 9 20 26 30
2022-02-03	3	4th	9 16 18 26 35
2022-01-31	23	3rd	6 25 26 31 44
2022-01-08	31	4th	12 16 22 26 45
2021-12-07	3	4th	11 22 23 26 29
2021-12-04	6	3rd	1 21 26 38 44
2021-11-28	4	2nd	13 26 33 42 43
2021-11-24	8	5th	1 2 19 20 26
2021-11-16	1	2nd	23 26 34 42 45
2021-11-15	11	3rd	7 24 26 28 34
2021-11-04	3	4th	2 8 18 26 44
2021-11-01	10	5th	1 3 8 21 26
2021-10-22	1	4th	14 15 18 26 42
2021-10-21	8	4th	13 16 17 26 28
2021-10-13	6	4th	1 5 17 26 40
2021-10-07	15	2nd	5 26 32 35 42
2021-09-22	10	3rd	10 11 26 33 35
2021-09-12	2	1st	26 27 40 43 45
2021-09-10	3	3rd	6 14 26 31 42
2021-09-07	11	2nd	19 26 29 32 41
2021-08-27	2	3rd	4 13 26 43 45
2021-08-25	13	3rd	2 25 26 28 33
2021-08-12	10	4th	18 23 25 26 29
2021-08-02	2	3rd	7 24 26 32 37
2021-07-31	3	3rd	9 13 26 30 38
2021-07-28	17	2nd	5 26 34 41 45
2021-07-11	5	3rd	12 24 26 34 44
2021-07-06	7	5th	1 5 8 17 26
2021-06-29	7	3rd	23 25 26 27 32
2021-06-22	8	3rd	3 5 26 41 44
2021-06-14	67	2nd	4 26 36 37 42
2021-04-08	4	3rd	14 23 26 41 42
2021-04-04	6	3rd	10 13 26 40 42
2021-03-29	12	4th	1 10 24 26 35
2021-03-17	4	3rd	2 10 26 30 42
2021-03-13	15	3rd	5 24 26 29 30
2021-02-26	16	3rd	12 22 26 38 40
2021-02-10	5	4th	9 18 22 26 40
2021-02-05	7	4th	4 10 11 26 45
2021-01-29	20	4th	6 7 21 26 34
2021-01-09	26	3rd	12 24 26 28 36
2020-12-13	20	5th	9 14 23 24 26
2020-11-23	6	3rd	16 20 26 33 34
2020-11-17	7	2nd	14 26 40 41 44
2020-11-10	11	4th	1 2 24 26 40
2020-10-30	7	2nd	23 26 30 34 42
2020-10-23	1	3rd	3 21 26 42 43
2020-10-22	15	3rd	8 24 26 28 45
2020-10-07	2	4th	3 6 17 26 33
2020-10-05	9	2nd	20 26 32 33 44
2020-09-26	5	3rd	3 16 26 27 45
2020-09-21	13	3rd	5 17 26 38 42
2020-09-08	4	5th	3 18 20 21 26
2020-09-04	3	3rd	5 22 26 28 43
2020-09-01	13	3rd	3 19 26 28 36
2020-08-19	2	5th	8 10 15 21 26
2020-08-17	7	3rd	11 16 26 30 35
2020-08-10	24	5th	1 4 11 23 26
2020-07-17	7	3rd	1 9 26 27 32
2020-07-10	8	3rd	16 21 26 43 44
2020-07-02	2	5th	4 7 10 15 26
2020-06-30	—	3rd	21 23 26 29 30